RIP Keith Jackson

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Always enjoyed his work - RJD 2018-01-14 13:21:18
- Agreed * - 84LiIrish 2018-01-14 19:14:39
  - Good to hear - RJD 2018-01-14 20:19:10
Legend has it he could really clear out a room. Whoa Nellie! * - Irishintheville 2018-01-14 11:07:40
Anyone remember "Stanford for the win"? * - Hermes 2018-01-14 05:14:42
- Yeah. I'm convinced he was legitimately senile by then. * - milhouse 2018-01-14 11:34:21
  - Wasn't he like 104 years old when he called that game? * - daviehamsufferer97 2018-01-14 19:59:58
Whole Lotta Head Crackin' Goin' On * - irish3inaz 2018-01-13 22:17:56
Tears - Hanratty5ND 2018-01-13 22:12:18
Did he actually literally die? * - RocketShark 2018-01-13 21:50:24
- He's not only merely dead - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 22:17:44
  - Ding, Dong... * - D8NDomer 2018-01-14 07:13:10
Good * - El Kabong 2018-01-13 20:42:29
- This man, too, is precious in the eyes of the Lord. - milhouse 2018-01-14 11:34:59
- Parts of me agree. He hated on the school I love. * - Tonybullets 2018-01-14 11:01:56
  - Christianity. Not as important as fandom, I always say. * - Papa November 2018-01-14 11:49:50
    - reminds me of a Ronnie Lott story: - jt 2018-01-14 15:15:00
      - I'm biased and perhaps even in the minority... - Skip Encarnacion 2018-01-14 21:24:34
      - To a man, I bet they gathered very quickly to prayer * - Inigomontoya 2018-01-14 18:30:25
      - absolutely everything about ronnie lott is awesome - cujaysfan 2018-01-14 16:15:57
        the only guy that could calm Charles Haley down - jt 2018-01-14 21:46:23
        Reminds me the Packers could have had him and blew it. * - G.K.Chesterton 2018-01-14 21:19:22
        I believe he was a language major at Southern Cal * - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-14 16:55:54
        glad to see he found practical application within his career * - cujaysfan 2018-01-14 16:58:32
- A bit much, don't you think? - irisharab 2018-01-14 10:57:29
  - Thumbs up * - 84LiIrish 2018-01-14 19:20:39
  - 👏 * - Fifthhorseman 2018-01-14 12:17:24
  - And Jopa. Don’t forget jopa. * - inigomontoya 2018-01-14 11:51:12
  - well said * - TommyZ 2018-01-14 11:05:26
- Is that really your final answer? * - Papa November 2018-01-14 10:37:42
- Wrong - widespread irish 2018-01-14 10:18:14
  - Being ‘great’ should include not showing obvious - MDDomer 2018-01-14 10:28:16
    - At least when we knew Keith Jackson hated us, - SWPaDem 2018-01-14 10:36:54
- It's not like he was JoePa or Dave Bliss * - ndhouston 2018-01-14 09:31:13
  - He spent enough time kissing Paterno's flanks... - BIGSKYND 2018-01-14 10:49:29
    - That's a good point to keep in mind * - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-14 12:36:48
  - And even if he were... * - Papa November 2018-01-14 10:38:23
    - Yeah, fair point - ndhouston 2018-01-14 10:55:35
      - He is as deserving of a ‘fond sendoff’ as was BS - MDDomer 2018-01-14 11:06:30
- Curious as to why good? He was no jopa was he? so why good? - inigomontoya 2018-01-13 22:37:33
- "Good"? * - 1NDGal 2018-01-13 21:48:44
Like Paul Harvey, one of the iconic voices of a century. * - 88_92WSND 2018-01-13 17:30:40
We'll always have this call - Chuck84 2018-01-13 15:05:28
- Could you dig up that Michigan Appalachian State Loss? - slats 2018-01-14 02:21:57
  - Ask and you shall receive ... - ndhouston 2018-01-14 09:34:12
    - Hodamighty that was Good! - slats 2018-01-14 17:03:37
      - Guy who blocked the FG married Billy Graham's granddaughter. - domer4 2018-01-14 18:14:40
    - Simply Glorious. * - TripleDomer 2018-01-14 14:49:02
- Rae Carruth jumping around like he was just granted parole - jt 2018-01-13 21:19:31
- That ball went >70 yards in the air. Wow. * - Wooderson 2018-01-13 21:16:30
  - Kordell Stewart was a freakish athlete. * - irishhawk49 2018-01-13 21:41:18
- One of your best posts ever * - Oldtownirish 2018-01-13 19:27:28
- One of my favorite non-ND games ever - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 15:25:55
  - Similar - Chuck84 2018-01-13 16:30:45
    - bailed early on my cousin's lame wedding reception - cujaysfan 2018-01-13 19:38:21
      - Your last sentence is spot-on - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 20:39:15
        I hope the refs didn't let it get them down, down, down, - jt 2018-01-13 21:20:24
        I liked his 1st. * - cj 2018-01-13 21:04:38
  - Better than App St 2007? MSU 2015? - domer4 2018-01-13 15:40:16
    - "Good gracious alive!" * - G.K.Chesterton 2018-01-14 01:33:05
    - I like the fumbled punt-MSU TD on the last play game * - drmurray 2018-01-13 15:45:15
    - Hot Hot Hot - ndhouston 2018-01-13 15:42:48
He got to watch us win in the last ND game he called. - RallyingSon 2018-01-13 14:45:47
"He can flat fly" * - Pat85 2018-01-13 14:21:52
You let ‘em hang around and hang around - IrishLep 2018-01-13 13:54:32
When a runner loses the ball, it's his voice I hear... - jrdjr84 2018-01-13 13:49:17
Battle between the "Big Uglies" will determine the Outcome! * - Jammer 2018-01-13 13:31:58
And he blew the call of Rice's TD run in that game. - Fresno Mike 2018-01-13 13:23:13
Did he actually, literally spike it? * - Tdiddy07 2018-01-13 13:02:25
- What game was that? - Bill_brasky 2018-01-13 16:51:22
  - 2005 Stanford - gordonbombay 2018-01-13 23:23:54
    - At the very end of the linked video (link) - RallyingSon 2018-01-15 11:43:51
They call him Rocket, and you just saw why. - fuzzy patters 2018-01-13 12:31:38
- Followed up by "Give him the rest of the day off, Lou" - domer4 2018-01-13 13:03:53
  - “Once you give him that much daylight it’s over.” - NW Ohio Irish 2018-01-13 14:26:29
A smooth voice that always had a nasty jagged edge to it * - Frank Drebin 2018-01-13 12:27:19
So is a stadium "moment of silence" at hand again? * - domer4 2018-01-13 12:22:00
keith was a 70th season soph-o-more - cujaysfan 2018-01-13 12:10:53
One memory: Rice was never close to stepping out of the EZ * - NDbias 2018-01-13 12:00:11
- Just re-watched that play. Not even remotely close. * - ND44 2018-01-13 12:15:51
  - “He’s two yards inside.” Griese at 12:06 mark. - John88 2018-01-13 13:11:18
  - Here it is -- actually, it could've been a 99-yard TD - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 12:17:17
    - Jeez, Jackson was incredulous. - Irishdemon 2018-01-13 19:50:00
    - He clearly stepped on the line. - Revue Party 2018-01-13 13:34:19
      - The way I saw it - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 14:51:55
        You're probably right. - Revue Party 2018-01-13 17:52:26
"He... is... gone." - G.K.Chesterton 2018-01-13 11:57:30
Like him or not, his voice took me back to my childhood. - John88 2018-01-13 11:56:27
- I don't understand the "hate" for him - irishrock 2018-01-13 17:05:41
  - From '86 on, he hated ND * - Oldtownirish 2018-01-13 23:06:43
  - Just because - D8NDomer 2018-01-13 20:20:57
He said nice things about ND at USC '77 rally... - Scoop80 2018-01-13 11:55:25
- Mark Giangreco did once upon a time too * - El Kabong 2018-01-13 20:43:07
- The last game he called from Notre Dame Stadium was in 1986 - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 11:59:48
  - Agree. He seemed to support or at least respect ND until - drmurray 2018-01-13 12:36:29
    - Think break was CFA contract .ca 1986 * - Oldtownirish 2018-01-13 13:50:52
      - I doubt that would've caused Jackson to sour on ND - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 15:23:09
        He definitely soured after the NBC deal - weirdo0521 2018-01-13 16:46:53
        It was obviously great for ND at the time - Bluengold07 2018-01-14 15:40:07
It also took him disturbingly long to realize - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 11:48:08
Whoa Nellie! * - PabloFanque 2018-01-13 11:22:14
- I remember when Jackson made a point to clarify - ShermanOaksND 2018-01-13 11:23:51